Ingredients
300g wholemeal flour
150g plain flour
1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
450 g buttermilk
25 g sugar
100g pin head oats
2 tablespoons of Irish Black Butter
120g chopped dates
50 g sultanas
1 grated green apple
Method
1 Combine the wholemeal flour, plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, sugar and 75g of the pin head oats in a large bowl
2 Combine the buttermilk, chopped dates, sultanas grated apple and black butter with the dry ingredients
3 Grease and flour your loaf tin this will produce 1 large or 2 small loaves
4 Fill tin and top with the extra 25 g of pin head oats
5 Bake in a pre-heated oven 180 0c until golden and test with a skewer its ready when the skewer comes out clean times will vary depending on size of tin used but approx. 45 – 55 mins
6 Remove from oven when cooked let it cool slightly, demould and cool on a wire rack
